A Resolution on “Encouraging the Application of the ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food, Agriculture and Forestry Sectors” was adopted during the 44th General Assembly of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), held on 5-11...

Southeast Asia attracts billions of dollars a year in investment in the food, agriculture, and forestry sectors. This investment is crucial for food security and poverty alleviation, but to generate long-term sustainable benefits, such investment needs to be responsible. This...

The FAO representation in Mauritania, in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Promotion of Productive Sectors, organized from May 30 to June 2, 2023 in Nouadhibou, a participatory brainstorming workshop aimed at strengthening the capacities of policymakers to...

In May 2023 in collaboration with the civil society organization Solidaridad West Africa, FAO launched the second phase of a capacity development process targeting rural women and their organizations in Sierra Leone. This initiative aims at empowering rural women so...

FAO, the Tunisian Agency for the Promotion of Agricultural Investments (APIA) and the National Institute of Agricultural Research of Tunisia (INRAT), have just welcomed, for another consecutive year, a selection of 20 young agri-entrepreneurs from the Béja region as 2023...